Gay Italy | LGBTQ+ Travel Gui, Italy Gay Rights & Safety Tips

Contents:

• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• THE 5 BEST ROME GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ROME
• FLORENCE GAY MAP
• ITALY GAY TRAVEL

OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

Wh s many gay clubs, diss, B&B’s and beach, the cy offers a wi choice to anyone wantg to make the most of their holiday. For travelers lookg to have fun one of Rome’s most betiful districts near the Colossm, Via San Gvanni Laterano, the so-lled Gay Street, is a mt: gay-iendly bars, clubs and rtrants all make for a social eveng. Not to be missed is the Gay Village, one of the most important events hosted by the cy every summer, which attracts thoands of people.

Another mt-do event is the Gay Pri Para, which ually tak place June and clus a march wh tens of thoands of people attendg. “If you love someone take them to Verona” is the Valente’s Day slogan for the cy of Romeo and Juliet, one of Italy’s most gay-iendly ci.

Take a stroll to Piazza Bra to admire the Roman Amphheatre and on to the monumental San Zeno Altarpiece by Andrea Mantegna ntug to Porta Nuova, the historic center wh the elegant Lucla Cafe, a gay-iendly hang out and the perfect place for an aperif. Torre l Lago is a very gay-iendly lotn Italy which rival Sg and Mykonos, and ’s betiful Tny. Catania is a young and dynamic cy, which boasts an active gay scene thanks to s many shops, pubs and bars.

THE 5 BEST ROME GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ROME

The historil gay hangout Catania cy center is Via Alsi, around Nievki: a bar and an alternative rtrant which has been welg to LGBT people sce the ‘70s.

For over twenty years between late June and early July, the cy is flood by the lors of the rabow flag wh a seri of iativ crowng the tradnal Catania Gay Pri Para.

Taorma is one of the most gay-iendly statns on Sicily, an ial statn year round, thanks to the d climate and the foc on fun, relaxatn and joie vivre as well as the warm hospaly of the Sicilian people. The Vatin Mms even has a number of homoerotic piec of art and a vis to this magnificent llectn is certaly orr.

FLORENCE GAY MAP

For visors lookg for an LGBTQ+ scene, the relatively small but spired gay nightlife is only steps away om the Colism.

Leonardo Da Vci’s legacy Milan is well known and many historians agree that he was a gay artist leavg his mark many masterpiec of the cy, cludg The Last Supper, hoed by the refectory of the nvent of Santa Maria lle Grazie. Though smaller than Rome, Milan stands out wh Italy’s largt and most visible gay scene. There are also many wonrful lser-known plac where an tert LGBTQ+ history uld lead you, such as Florence's Bargello Mm, which ntas an earlier Renaissance statue of David by the artist Donatello—the first ee-standg male nu sce Classil Antiquy, and a super-sexy homoerotic nu at that.

One of the most gay-iendly areas Southern Italy is Puglia, cludg the beachsi town of Gallipoli, which has recently bee a popular statn for LGBTQ+ lols. Serg Srdia is the -founr of Italy Gay Travels, a pany anizg LGBTQ+ group trips Italy. On the face of LGBT Italy looks somewhat downbeat, but squt a ltle harr and you’ll soon fd a diverse range of gay venu suable for dancg, cisg and dulgg steamy sna meet-cut.

ITALY GAY TRAVEL

From the sizzlg beach hangouts of Puglia to the lourful cliff towns of Tny, the are our seven favoure plac to experience gay Italy.

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Here you’ll fd some of the bt gay hangouts, wh the ultimate gay beach Italy wh a short ri of Gallipoli. To get your full k off good gay pany, travel one hour north to D’Ayala nudist beach. At night, the town be all the more gay-iendly, particularly at gay bars like Shatulle where both lols and ternatnal gather good pany.

While gay-n bs are few and far between, most nightlife the town is to be nsired gay-iendly, wh Iso Gut Hoe holdg a great reputatn among the LGBTQ+ muny. Said to be one of the most gay-iendly ci the regn, Catania go hand hand wh Taorma for gay travellers seekg culture, herage and low-key partyg. A btlg port cy ma famo by s proximy to Mount Etna and UNESCO-listed baroque archecture, Gay Catania attracts a young and dynamic crowd who breathe life to the old town wh rabow buntg and artsy muny spac.

The gay scene here is a lively one, centred and around Nievki, the meetg pot of the queer muny. One of the town’s most historic gay hangouts is Via Alsi, an alternative bar and rtrant which has weled LGBT people sce the 1970s.